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CVE-2017-17724

Public on 2018-02-12
Modified on 2019-10-24
Description

An integer underflow, leading to heap-based out-of-bound read, was found in the way Exiv2 library prints IPTC Photo Metadata embedded in an image. By persuading a victim to open a crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application or possibly retrieve a portion of memory.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core exiv2 2019-10-21 18:01 ALAS2-2019-1339

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-17724 Mitre: CVE-2017-17724 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity